petition

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petition 祈求，請愿

來自拉丁語petere,努力，尋求，渴望，祈求，來自PIE*pete,展開，追尋，詞源同feather,propitiate.引申詞義祈求，請愿。

petition: petition: see repeat
petition (n.): early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cognates: Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feeer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
petition (v.): c. 1600, from petition (n.). Related: Petitioned; petitioning.

1. His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped.: 他的律師提請撤銷所有指控。

2. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall.: 公務(wù)員、教師和自由派人士正在散發(fā)請愿書,要求將他召回.

3. We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.: 最近我們向政府遞交了有4,500人簽名的請愿書。

4. Democrats say the petition will eviscerate state government.: 民主黨人說這次請愿將會重創(chuàng)州政府。